Cedeño Municipality
Municipio Cedeño | |
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![]() Location in
Bolívar | |
Coordinates: 6°42′36″N 66°06′46″W / 6.7099734°N 66.1126777°W | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Bolívar |
Municipal seat | Caicara del Orinoco |
Government | |
• Mayor | Luis Guillermo Troconiz Marquez |
Area | |
• Total | 49,256.0 km2 (19,017.8 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 67,000 |
• Density | 1.4/km2 (3.5/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−4 ( VET) |
Area code(s) | 0284 |
Website | Official website |
The Cedeño Municipality is one of the 11 municipalities ( municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Bolívar. According to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 67,000. [1] The town of Caicara del Orinoco is the municipal seat of the Cedeño Municipality. [2]
The Cedeño Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 88,296 (up from 69,664 in 2000). This amounts to 5.8% of the state's population. [3] The municipality's population density is 1.92 inhabitants per square kilometre (5.0/sq mi). [4]
The mayor of the Cedeño Municipality is Luis Guillermo Troconiz Marquez, elected on October 31, 2004, with 25% of the vote. [5] He replaced Ismael Ortuño shortly after the elections. [6] The municipality is divided into five (six if you count the Capital Cedeño section) parishes; Altagracia, Ascensión Farreras, Guaniamo, La Urbana, and Pijiguaos. [2]
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